Finland helps feed more than 56,000 students in Mozambique
The World Food Program (WFP) has received a donation of 500,000 euros from the Finnish government to help children in Mozambique. With the money, the UN agency is expected to….
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Mozambique: Government cuts education budget from 14.2% to 12.1% in 2025
The Minister of Education and Culture, Samaria Tovela, said that the reduction in the budget allocated to her department from 14.2% in 2024 to 12.1% in 2025 does not necessarily….
Mozambique: School managers falsify enrollment numbers to benefit from funds
The Governor of Gaza province, in southern Mozambique, Margarida Mapandzene Chongo, said there are school managers in the province who falsify the numbers of pupils enrolled to benefit unduly from….
Mozambique: More than 400 classes studying outdoors in Matola
More than 400 school classes are being held outdoors in Matola city, in Maputo province, the municipality has admitted, adding that the construction of at least 15 new classrooms is….
Mozambique: Government to build 12 secondary schools this year
The government said it will build 12 secondary schools, 98 support and learning centers, and 214 elementary school classrooms this year, according to quality and resilience standards. The information is….
Mozambique: US invests 61 million for school feeding projects
Over the last 12 years, the United States has provided more than 70 million dollars (61 million euros) for school feeding projects in two districts of Nampula, northern Mozambique. Other….
Mozambique: five thousand students will be trained in robotics and artificial intelligence
Around five thousand public school students will be trained in robotics and artificial intelligence across the country, an initiative that aims to equip them with knowledge in line with today’s….
Mozambique: More than 150 Mozambican girls in child marriage return to school in Nampula
More than 150 girls from two districts in Nampula province returned to school in the 2025 school year, after “child marriages and unwanted pregnancies”, as part of a project developed….
Around 57,000 children at risk of going without school meals in Mozambique
The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned that around 57,000 children could be left without school meals this school year in Nampula province, due to a lack of funding…..
Mozambique: USAID suspension halts school construction in Cabo Delgado
Construction of the largest school in Cabo Delgado province, in northern Mozambique, with capacity for 4,500 students, has been at a standstill for two months due to the suspension of….
USAID suspension jeopardizes support for bilingual education in Mozambique
The cut in USAID support for education in Mozambique could harm the materialization of the Bilingual Education Expansion Strategy 2020-2029. At the beginning of March, World Education, a non-governmental organization,….
Conflict and natural disasters increase the risk of child marriages in Mozambique
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pointed to armed conflicts in Cabo Delgado and natural disasters in Mozambique as factors that increase the risk of early marriages in affected….
Mozambique: Digital education to reach 22,000 students in Cabo Delgado
More than 22,000 students will be covered by a digital education project run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cabo Delgado, a northern province that has….
More than 8,000 students attend classes outside in Central Mozambique
More than 8,000 students attend classes outside in the central province of Tete. The educational situation in the district of Tete, in the province of the same name, is worrying…..
Students attend classes under the cover of trees in Mozambique due to lack of infrastructure
Students at Mirua Comprehensive Primary School, in the district of Namarrói, in Zambézia province, are facing precarious conditions for the 2025 school year. Without adequate classrooms, many children attend classes….
More than 200 classrooms destroyed in demonstrations in central Mozambique
At least 200 classrooms were destroyed during demonstrations to contest the October election results in Tete province, central Mozambique. Mozambique’s Minister of Education and Culture also admitted that around 8,500….
Mozambique: Cabo Delgado with 88 schools temporarily closed due to terrorism
Eighty-eight schools will remain closed in the first days of the 2025 school year in Mozambique, due to the terrorism plaguing the province of Cabo Delgado. These are schools located….
The 2025 school year officially opens today in Mozambique
The 2025 school year officially opens today (31 January) in Mozambique, with the central ceremonies planned for Alto Lugela Secondary School, in Zambezia province, with replicas throughout the country. Meanwhile,….
UNICEF supports schools affected by cyclone Chido in Mozambique
The northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado was hit by tropical cyclone Chido in December 2024, destroying homes, hospitals, and schools. According to UNICEF, about 73,861 pupils were affected putting….
Mozambique has a shortage of 12,000 teachers for the 2025 school year
The Mozambican government admitted that it has a shortage of around 12,000 teachers for the 2025 school year, recognizing that some education professionals will have to work overtime to meet….
School in Mozambique starts on February 4th
The 2025 school year in Mozambique starts on February 4 with an estimated 1.6 million new students in the first grade, and the official opening will be next Friday. Although….
Cyclone Chido destroyed more than 330 schools in Mozambique
Cyclone Chido destroyed more than 330 schools and three district education services in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in December, affecting more than 108,000 students and 1,280 teachers in….